This puppy, I mean pony, is every bit as cheeky as he looks. 🕺🏻 My neighbour @lyndseyeileen popped down to help me brush him, braid him and have a go at his feet properly. 💅🏼He was, as usual, the absolute goodest boy, sweetest angel baby... until we got to the tail. 💇🏼‍♀️ It turns out, Pony Danza does NOT like butt stuff. 🚫 HARD NO. He bit, he kicked, he bucked, he reared. The tiniest, angriest, most hilarious and completely inconsequential hissy fit I have ever seen. SO SMALL. SO ANGRY. 🤣 We handled it well, ended it all on a good note. But man. Who needs TV? 🤷‍♀️ Check out today’s story to see video of my puppy, I mean pony, rolling in the snow. #minihorse#agriculturaltherapy#minipony#bestdogieverhad#ponydanza

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Children fed, dressed, off to school. Farm chores. Wood stove stoked. Chamber of Commerce cheque presentation event with dignitaries and community groups. Director work. Jiu jitsu job, writing a summary of the self defence class I teach with my professor. Picking up my kids from school shortly and then back to work at @dawgjiujitsu coaching youth. Then home. For mothering. Farm chores. House chores. 🐓🤪 I wear a lot of hats. Today I am a mother, a farmer, an executive director, and a jiu jitsu coach. 💫 What are the hats that you wear? We are all multi dimensional creatures, share away. ✏️ #jiujitsucoach#farmher#busylady#workingmom#headlesschicken#timemanagement

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Pony Danza is the sweetest, stumpiest little ragamuffin of love. He is a teddy bear in the shape of a pony. He goes on moonlight walks around the property, halters and moves with us like a champ. 🐻 I’ve started getting him used to brushing, need to tuck into that grooming, but I cannot wait to get that coat shiny and that mane braided! 💆🏼‍♀️ If anyone has any experience with mini hoof care, I’m all ears. Hot tips? I want them. Hoping to do a little corrective hoof work at the hind end in the near future, get him to turn in less. 💅🏼 Anyway. He is just a peach to have and I am so happy he is here with us. I am SO EXCITED to see him running on pasture come spring. 🌱✨ If anyone has any mini pony sized supplies they’d like to donate (halters, saddle, pads, turn out, etc), please DM me! #minipony#holdmecloserponydanza#ponydanzaPaypal: twwlysuicide@mac.com

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I guess purple is my new favourite colour! 💜🎉 Big day at @dawgjiujitsu in #kincardine with grading by Professors Fernando Zulick and Mike Weichert. 🥋 My jiu jitsu journey has been enriched significantly by many hours on the mats every week spent coaching youth. I cannot recommend enough, working with young people on a regular basis. It is unquestionably one of the best ways I spend my time. 🏆 Yes, sometimes it’s like herding cats. Very feral cats. But most of the time, it is exceptionally rewarding. Building relationships, being trusted to help them develop skills of all kinds. 💛 This is how my journey is evolving, and I am very thankful. ♟ #humanchess#jiujitsugirls#purplebeltbjj#brazilianjiujitsu#jiujitsu

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A shih tzu was never, ever my dream dog. I never, ever fantasized about living with a shih tzu, the way I have imagined life with an Irish Wolfhound loping over a field, or a shepherd looking at me like I was God on a mountain top, or watching a Dane take long, slow strides beside mine. 💫 But the world works in the right way sometimes, and amid all of the chaos, this little jester happened upon my family. Tubby Puppins has the merriest, most jovial temperament. He has been so much more trainable than I was expecting. Brief zoomies, followed by intense napping. This dog naps SO HARD. He is happy to greet people, loves loving and being loved. TP is exactly the dog we all needed, at exactly the right time. 🧸💫 #blackshihtzu#shihtzupuppy#fluffydogs#tubbypuppins#goodestboy#babyewok#ewoksofinstagram#babywerewolf

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It’s the THAT time of year. Snow has fallen. Pasture is gone. Water lines have frozen. It’s the time of year when summer acquired animals get shipped in droves. And when buyers start collecting up animals, specifically to ship them. @ms.meghank and I call it BOGO horse season, because it really is. 💔 Thanks to a donation, @ms.meghank and I picked up this little laddy last night. Owners needed him weaned and out of their barn, and all other prospective buyers were clearly looking to lowball and bring him to auction. They were thankful we took him, and my two favourite ladies were thankful to put this itty bitty project pony in our barn. 💕 @ms.meghank was so excited when we picked him up and put him in the BACK SEAT OF MY NEW TRUCK, that she cried. It was adorable, blubbery squealing, in a snow squall, much to the amusement of the couple we took him from. (Who have invited us back to visit in the spring, of course). 🤷‍♀️ Anyway, Instagram, may I introduce you to Pony Danza, my newest charge. ❤️✨ (Yes, he is in the barn now). #agriculturaltherapy#ponydanzatheminihttps://www.facebook.com/notes/liberty-valance/the-truth-about-kill-pens-are-you-really-saving-a-life/1767799979902551/